Joint Special Operations Command

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is the command center for the United States' special forces from its three branches: the US Army, US Navy, and US Air Force. Based at Pope Field at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, JSOC coordinates the activities of the army's Delta Force and Intelligence Support Activity, the navy's SEAL Team Six, and the air force's 24th Special Tactics Squadron. JSOC was established in 1980 in response to the need for coordination in the country's special forces after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw, and JSOC has carried out several operations during the War on Terror in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.